UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 28, 2005

                             FIRST BUSEY CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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(State or other jurisdiction         (Commission              (I.R.S. Employer
      of incorporation)              File Number)            Identification No.)
          Nevada                       0-15959                  37-1078406
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(Address of principal executive offices)                        (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code    (217) 365-4513

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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

Effective April 26, 2005, the Registrant's Board of Directors approved fiscal
year 2005 compensation to the Board of Directors. Non-employee directors' cash
compensation, an annual retainer of $7,500 for all such directors except for the
Chairman of the Audit Committee whose annual retainer is $10,000, was unchanged
from fiscal year 2004 levels.

The Board also approved the grant of stock options to non-employee directors as
part of the compensation package. Each non-employee director was granted options
for 4,500 shares having an exercise date of January 21, 2006, an expiration date
of December 15, 2009 and an exercise price of $19.83. All such options were
granted pursuant to the Registrant's 2004 Stock Option Plan.


ITEM 5.03 AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

The Shareholders of First Busey Corporation approved at the Annual Shareholders'
Meeting on April 26, 2005 the proposed Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation of the Registrant, which increases the par value of the
Registrant's capital stock from no par value per share to $.001 par value per
share. Said Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of First Busey
Corporation are filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto.





                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date:  April 28, 2005                       FIRST BUSEY CORPORATION


                                            By: /s/ Barbara J. Harrington
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                                            Name:  Barbara J. Harrington
                                            Title: Chief Financial Officer




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


2.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant.